Human error' caused internet outage across lower North Island

Posted under: Computing
Date: 2025-06-06
Human Error Causes Internet Outage in Lower North Island

A significant outage occurred across telecommunications companies Spark, One NZ, Skinny, and 2Degrees in the Wellington region, lasting over an hour. Chorus, the infrastructure provider, blamed human error for the outage, which isolated a core ethernet router. The outage affected around 118,000 services, and Chorus launched a full investigation to review planned works processes and prevent future incidents.

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